Warm and Cool Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Fire or ice?): Warm: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow. Cool: blue, blue-green, green, blue-purple, purple. Hot or fiery subjects (campfire, sunset, lava) → warm colours; cold, wet or shady subjects (sea, glacier, rainy night) → cool colours.
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- 1.🌡️ Cool colours make us think of… (a) hot sand (b) water, ice and sky (c) fire and sunshine (d) flames
- 2.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a shady forest (b) an icy glacier (c) a sunset sky (d) a calm lake
- 3.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) purple
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainy night (b) the hot desert sun (c) an icy glacier (d) a shady forest
- 5.🌡️ Is red a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
- 7.True or false: the hot desert sun is usually painted in cool colours. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🌡️ Is yellow-orange a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 9.True or false: purple is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: a campfire is usually painted in cool colours. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an icy glacier (b) a deep blue sea (c) a snowy mountain (d) a flaming torch
- 12.🖌️ Would you paint a campfire mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 13.True or false: a shady forest is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🖌️ Would you paint an icy glacier mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 15.🖌️ Would you paint a shady forest mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 16.True or false: red is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🌡️ In a picture, which colours seem to come forward, closer to you? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 18.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
- 19.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) green (d) purple
- 20.True or false: a calm lake is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: a sunset sky is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) hot lava (b) a campfire (c) a deep blue sea (d) autumn leaves
- 23.🌡️ In a picture, which colours seem to sink back, far away? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) green
- 25.🌡️ Warm colours make us think of… (a) shade and rain (b) snow and night (c) ice and water (d) fire and sunshine
- 26.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a shady forest (b) a rainy night (c) the hot desert sun (d) a deep blue sea
- 27.🌡️ Which half of the colour wheel is the warm half? (a) blue to green (b) green to purple (c) red to yellow
- 28.🖌️ Would you paint autumn leaves mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 29.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) a snowy mountain (b) a campfire (c) the hot desert sun (d) a sunset sky
- 30.True or false: the hot desert sun is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) a campfire (b) autumn leaves (c) a rainy night (d) a flaming torch
- 32.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) orange
- 33.True or false: an icy glacier is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
- 37.🌡️ Is orange a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 38.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) autumn leaves (b) a calm lake (c) a snowy mountain (d) a rainy night
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) blue
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a deep blue sea (b) a calm lake (c) a shady forest (d) a sunset sky
Answer key
- water, ice and sky
- a sunset sky
- yellow
- the hot desert sun
- warm colour
- blue
- False
- warm colour
- False
- False
- a flaming torch
- warm colours
- False
- cool colours
- cool colours
- True
- warm colours
- purple
- red-orange
- True
- True
- a deep blue sea
- cool colours
- green
- fire and sunshine
- the hot desert sun
- red to yellow
- warm colours
- a snowy mountain
- True
- a rainy night
- blue-purple
- False
- False
- False
- orange
- warm colour
- autumn leaves
- red-orange
- a sunset sky
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